Soccer

Soccer has to be one of, if not my favorite sport. I used to love basketball way more but there is something about soccer I will miss. I don't know if it is the open air, the running, the way you communicate with your team, or just the rush you get when you get the ball. With basketball I kind of feel like it is to hot, stuffy, or cramped. I love my team so much, and the coaches are great. I will never forget the first time I played my first game at home as a WCMS Rebel. The fans, the wind, the team, the ball, the action.
At the beginning of the year we had to play soccer inside and it was mostly conditioning. I wasn't sure if I was going to like the soccer season because none of like my best friends were i it, but I love it now. I have made friends with people I might not have even liked. I met and made friends with people that don't even go to the same school as me. Like, Emily, Mckenzie, and Madison from CCA. I also became friends with Jordan, Andrea, Alexia, Marina, and more.
Soccer isn't just about who you play with, it is about how hard you try and what decisions you make. If you don't play your hardest, then people will beat you, it is that simple. There may be better people than you, but that doesn't mean you are going to lose. When we played our last soccer game of the 2014/2015 year I was mainly against a very tall girl who was tough. We pulled out the victory, but if I had given up, I would have missed a lot of great opportunties.
When you are out on the soccer field you have to ignore everything people are shouting at you, except for your coach. You have to get  over the pressure and make a choice. You can pass it, shoot it, dribble it, or kick it out. As a defender you either want to boot it up the field, kick it out of bounds, or get the ball and dribble. As a forward you want to dribble to the goal, shoot, or pass forward. As a mid-fielder (mid) you can choose any option, depending on where you are on the field. I think t is hardest to be a mid because you pretty much play all positions except goalie. You have to run up and down the field, throw it in, and run some more.
Soccer is a very physical sport where you can get beat up and beat others up. Yes, there are rules to keep us "safe" but they can't save you. Sure you cant shove, but you can use your body. Sure, you can't kick higher then your head, but people still do it. Sure, you can't trip, but some people don't care. At our last game the team played really dirty and would try to litteraly beat you up to get the ball. But, in soccer you have to be tough, that is the only way to score.
Even though the soccer season might have ended, that doesn't mean that I will just forget about soccer until next year. 
A great person once said "Soccer may not be my profession, but it is my passion." I love that quote because barley any people get to grow up and play a sport they love as a job, but that does't mean you should just ignore the sport. I practice soccer after school in my dad's gym when I wait for him, just like I also practice basketball. I love soccer, not for the fame or glory, but for something else. I love just giving your all and sprinting up and down the field clearing your head from everything, but soccer, until your body is numb. I love forgetting my problems for maybe just a few hours, but they are gone.

Soccer is a lot more complicated than most people think. You do not just kick a ball in a goal, like in football, there are plays and situations where you do certain things. And there are all kinds of crazy rules like you can't kick to high, you can't either of your feet leave the ground when you throw it in, or stuff like that. You also have to run a lot in soccer, our coach told us you have to run about 3 miles an average game! I hope one day I can at least play soccer in college.